The European Union has demanded that TikTok change its platform design or face major financial penalties. The European Commission said the video app breached EU online safety rules. Officials reached this conclusion after an investigation launched in February 2024. Regulators analysed how TikTok’s features shape user behaviour. The Commission said TikTok failed to properly assess risks to mental wellbeing. Investigators…

A quick, two-minute cheek-swab test may identify children at risk of a potentially fatal heart condition up to five years before standard diagnosis, according to new research. Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), typically a genetic disorder, is responsible for over 10% of sudden cardiac deaths in children. It occurs when abnormalities in the proteins connecting heart cells disrupt the heart’s structure and…